agriculture

At a recent “field day,” about 100 Northwest farmers and scientists from across Washington and Oregon scuffed through sand, walking between piles of potatoes in the Black Sands area near Quincy, Washington.

It’s peak cherry season in the Northwest. The fruits are typically grown outdoors in an orchard. This business in southeast Washington is doing things a little differently.

Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill that would create a way for Farm Cafes to operate in lands zoned for agricultural use.

Oregon lawmakers have signed off on an additional one-point-two million dollars to fight hungry grasshoppers and crickets.

The Oregon House could vote as soon as Monday on a bill that would require farmers to pay employees overtime whenever they work more than 40 hours a week.

With two weeks remaining, the pace of the 2022 Oregon legislative session is about to quicken.

Hi all, Climate Master John Fischer here with KLCC's Living Less Unsustainably.What you eat plays a big part in your personal climate impact. And the…

Growing crops is already a field with a lot of inherent risk. Add Oregon’s increasing heat waves and wildfire smoke, as well as the effects of the…

The state of Oregon is distributing personal protection equipment to agricultural workers this week.Nearly one million KN95 masks will be available, along…

The Oregon State Fair has been an end-of-summer tradition in Salem since the 1860’s. The 2019 edition kicked off August 23 with the usual variety of farm…

Lead and arsenic used decades ago in pesticides are still lingering in the topsoil of Pacific Northwest apple country. That poses a health risk for…

Smoke will soon be returning to Douglas County, only this time, it won't be from a wildfire. Farmers will be utilizing *prescribed burns to prepare fields…